Unpublished Research From a Medical Specialty Meeting

Article Abstract:

Researchers whose abstract is rejected by the planners of a medical conference may be less likely to submit the full study to a journal for publication. This was the conclusion of a survey of 223 researchers who had submitted abstracts for presentation at a medical conference. Only 20% of the researchers had submitted the full study to a journal for publication within five years of the conference. Those whose abstract was rejected at the conference were more likely to believe that the full study would also be rejected by a medical journal. Consequently, they may not submit it for publication.

Conferences and conventions, Abstracts

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A multi-institution collaborative policy on medical futility

Article Abstract:

A consortium of hospitals in Houston, Texas, has developed a policy on medical futility. Medical futility is defined as treatments that would not benefit the patient or prolong survival. Many hospitals do not have a policy to cover situations where a patient's family insists on treatments that the doctor believes would be futile. The Houston policy involves patients and their families from the start and gives them the opportunity to transfer to another institution. It also charges an institutional review board to determine when patients would not benefit from treatment.

Standards, Refusal to treat (Medicine)

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Research Design and Statistical Methods in Chinese Medical Journals

Article Abstract:

The quality of scientific reports in Chinese medical journals is improving but many authors are not using statistical tests correctly. Researchers evaluated 640 articles published in five Chinese medical journals in 1985 and 954 articles published in 1995. By 1995, more articles were published on clinical trials, prospective studies, and basic science research and the percentage of papers using statistical tests increased from 40% to 60%. More sophisticated statistical tests were used, but many tests were used inappropriately.

China, Usage, Science and technology policy, Medical publishing, Medical statistics

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